Focus on Fullbacks: Former LBs clear the way for Illini run game

Jeremy Werner

09/07/2016

Austin Roberts and Nate Echard started their Illini careers as linebackers. Now, they're taking on linebackers head-on, clearing the way for the Illini run game as fullbacks. Illini Inquirer caught up with Roberts, a redshirt sophomore, and Echard, a redshirt junior, to discuss the transition to the position and Garrick McGee's offense.